Body of Canadian soldier arrives at CFB Trenton

TRENTON, Ont. - The body of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan has arrived back home.

A military plane carrying Sapper Brian Collier's casket landed at CFB Trenton, in eastern Ontario, this afternoon.

The 24-year-old soldier died Tuesday when a makeshift bomb exploded near Kandahar City.

Collier, who was born in Toronto and raised in Bradford, Ont., was serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group.

Collier's body will travel along the Highway of Heroes to the coroner's office in Toronto.

He is the 151st member of the Canadian military to die during the Afghan mission since it began in 2002.

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  Canadian soldier Sapper Brian Collier is shown in an undated military handout photo. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout-Department of National Defence)

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  The casket containing the remains of Sapper Brian Collier is carried past grieving family members and friends during a repatriation ceremony at CFB Trenton on Friday July 23 2010. (Peter Redman / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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  People wave flags on the McCowan Road overpass on Friday, July 23, 2010 as the motorcade transporting the body of Sapper Brian Collier approaches on the Highway of Heroes. (Bill Doskoch/ctvtoronto.ca)